Tools Needed : MDD pyCrypto Volatility 1.3 Beta Volatility Plugin from Moyix ManTech Memory DD (MDD) (http://www.mantech.com/msma/MDD.asp) is released under GPL by Mantech International. MDD is capable of copying the complete contents of memory on the following Microsoft Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2008 Server. After downloading MDD from the Mantech site you need to run (more…)
Dialupass is one of the oldest nirsoft utilities for extracting dialup passwords.
The newer beta has one useful new feature: You can now extract the dialup passwords from an external instance of Windows 2000/XP/2003 (In Advanced Options).
Dialupass 3 is not officially released yet, but you can download a Beta version from here.
The new version of LsaSecretsView from nirsoft allows you to extract the LSA secrets from an external instance of Windows operating system. This feature can be useful if you have a dead system that cannot boot anymore.
You can use this feature from the user-interface, by using the ‘Advanced Options’ in the File
menu, or from command-line, by using the /external parameter.
This feature was also added to LSASecretsDump, which is the console version of LsaSecretsView.
Be aware the currently this feature works for Windows 2000/XP/2003, but not for Windows Vista.
If you haven’t been auto-updated yet make sure you do. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an affected system received a specially crafted RPC request. On Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 systems, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability without authentication to run arbitrary code. It is possible that this vulnerability could be used in the crafting of a wormable exploit.
http://blogs.technet.com/swi/archive/2008/10/23/More-detail-about-MS08-067.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms08-067.mspx
Brief introduction on how Internet Explorer stores its passwords
